July 19, 2021 DC mayor directs police to use ‘any overtime necessary’ following death of girl, 6, and MLB park shooting Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday she is directing the city's police department to use as much overtime as is necessary to combat gun violence following a bloody weekend in which a six-year-old girl was killed by gunfire and shots were fired outside a Major League Baseball stadium.
July 19, 2021 Washington, DC Black Lives Matter plaza to be permanent, mayor says Construction in Washington, D.C. commenced Monday to make Black Lives Matter Plaza a permanent installation in the nation’s capital.
July 19, 2021 Florida man involved in Capitol riot sentenced to 8 months in prison in closely watched felony case A Florida man who was the first to be sentenced for a felony in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol will serve eight months behind bars, a judge announced Monday.
July 18, 2021 Bystander waiting for Uber among those injured after DC gunfire sends Nationals game into chaos A Washington Nationals baseball game erupted into chaos on Saturday night after gunshots rang out near the ballpark causing players and fans to flee.
July 18, 2021 After shooting outside Nationals Park, DC police union rips politicians who 'won't let us do our jobs' The D.C. police union criticized elected officials who "won't let us do our jobs" in the wake of a shooting that left three people wounded outside a Washington Nationals baseball game.
July 17, 2021 $60K reward offered after child killed, 5 others shot in DC A 6-year-old girl was killed and five other people were wounded when a gunman opened fire Friday night in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood, just feet from where police officers were stationed.
July 17, 2021 Washington, DC, gunfire leaves girl, 6, dead; 5 adults also shot: reports A 6-year-old girl was killed Friday night and at least five adults were wounded when gunfire broke out in Washington, D.C., according to police.
July 16, 2021 Jason Chaffetz: Democrats' crime surge is real, scary and bringing chaos, not safety, to cities across US So-called justice reforms don't work for good reason: when the rewards of committing a crime are not outweighed by the consequences, there is little incentive to behave lawfully.
July 15, 2021 DC carjackings skyrocket by nearly 74% prompting police to deploy 'bait cars' Police in Washington, D.C., are using “bait cars” to catch carjacking suspects as the crime skyrockets in the city.
July 14, 2021 Texas Dems fled the state in dramatic move to stall GOP election bills, but why to Washington, DC? Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers from Texas have skipped out on a special legislative session in order to break a quorum and stall Republican efforts to fast track new election integrity bills, which critics on the left claim amount to voter suppression.
